The results are in, and St Abban's AC athlete Paul Byrne is the Downey's Auto Stop/Leinster Express Sports Star of the Month for February.

Last month Byrne broke his own Irish record for the 400m indoor hurdles at a meeting in France, as well as winning gold in the 60m hurdles at the Irish Intervarsities championships with UL, where he is studying for a Masters in Sports Performance. He is also a Sky Sports 'Living For Sport' ambassador, and regularly visits schools around Ireland to deliver coaching workshops with students.

He has enjoyed a successful 12 months, having qualified for the European Indoor Championships in Amsterdam last year as well.

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